State visit by Elizabeth II to Russia

State visit by Elizabeth II to Russia
Date	17 to 20 October 1994
Location	Russia
Type	State visit
Participants	Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Douglas Hurd

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd made a state visit to Russia from 17 to 20 October 1994, hosted by the President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. It is the first and so far only visit by a reigning British monarch on Russian soil.^[a]

The four-day visit is said to be one of the most important foreign trips of the Queen's reign.^[3]

^ "Elizabeth II to visit Russia in October". Evansville Press. Associated Press. 15 July 1994. p. 2. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ Tomaszewski, F.K. (2002). A Great Russia: Russia and the Triple Entente, 1905–1914. Praeger. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-275-97366-7. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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[1] "Elizabeth II to visit Russia in October". Evansville Press. Associated Press. 15 July 1994. p. 2. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

[2] Tomaszewski, F.K. (2002). A Great Russia: Russia and the Triple Entente, 1905–1914. Praeger. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-275-97366-7. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

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